HAEBINOTO.N] PLACE-NAMES 327 



[20:2fi| San Ildefonso M(uihnefi^y(je\j)fhiCu, Mcuiwehuhi 'arroyo of 

 [20:i3J' 'aiToyo of [20:12]' {Miulwep^yfje, see [20:13]; Mcaiwe, 

 see [20:12]; 'iy/ locative and adjective-forming postfix; hu^u 

 ' large groove' 'arroyo'). Cf. [19:lii5J. 



This ilows from the vicinity of [20:13] and enters [20:25] not 

 very far above Buckman settlement [20: U»]. 



[20:27] San Ildefonso Ssetsxbn'a 'white round-cactus corner' (*£e 

 'round-cactus' of several species, as 'Opuntia comanchica'.and 

 'Opuntia polyacantha'; fsse ' whiteness' 'white'; bit'u 'large low 

 roundish place'). 



It is said that the cactus plants look whitish or dusty at this 

 place, hence the name. The corner is believed to be accurately 

 locat(!d on the sheet. 



[20:28] San Ildefonso I^amupube'iyf/iu^a 'arroyo of th(; little cor- 

 ner of the roots of Yucca glauca', referring to [20:29] {P'amu- 

 jmhe'e, see [20:29]; ^iijf locative and adjective-forming postfix; 

 Am'm 'large groove' 'arroyo'). 



[20:29] San Ildefonso P'amupuhe'e 'little corner of the roots of 

 Yucca glauca {//amn 'Yucca glauca' a small species of Spanish 

 bayonet the roots of which are used for washing people's hair 

 and for other purposes; pu 'root'; be'e 'small low roundish 

 place'). 

 This small corner gives the name to the large arroj'o [20:28]. 



[20:30] San Ildefonso Pq^^lcebti'n ' corner where the thread or fila- 

 ment is on top' {/la't 'thread' 'filament'; Ice said to be the same 

 as in kewe and to mean 'on the very top'; bu''ii 'large low round- 

 ish place'). To what the name refers is not clear to the modern 

 Indians. It may be that the name was originallv applied to 

 [20:31], q. V. 



[20:31] San Ildefonso PcC'-lcekwaje 'height where the thread or fila- 

 ment is on top' {Pq'"-h', see [20:30] ; kivtije ' height"). It may be 

 that Pq'i'ke- was applied originally to the height instead of to the 

 dell [20:30], or more probably originally to both. 



[20:32] Tesuque \itit,ijwsp.pxyfjKiijlohu/u, see [26:2]. 



[20:33] San Ildefonso Mdntri'', Mantipiyf 'place of the swollen 

 hand' 'swollen hand mountain' [mqyf 'hand'; ti 'swollenness' 

 'swollen'; '/"'locative and adjective-forming postfix; f>ir)f 'moun- 

 tain"). Wliy this name is applied is unknown to the informants. 

 The little mountain bearing this name is clearly visible from the 

 railroad. It has a flatfish top and is very picturesque. The 

 common form of the name is said to be MdntiTK It appears 

 thatTewa usually use the word without thinking of its etymology. 

 The mountain appears to give names to [20:34], [20:3.5], and 

 [20:36]. 



